Police Aviation News June 2011
Police Aviation News June 2011
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<strong>Police</strong> <strong>Aviation</strong> <strong>News</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>2011</strong> 12<br />
GREAT NORTH: UK private aviation company Multiflight has been awarded a new fiveyear<br />
contract to manage, crew and maintain the helicopters for the Great North Air Ambulance<br />
Service (GNAAS). Multiflight has managed, crewed and maintained the GNAAS helicopters<br />
since early 2010 and has supplied the charity with two Dauphin Eurocopter AS 365<br />
N2 helicopters.<br />
Steve Borrowdale, Multiflight’s Managing Director, said: “Multiflight is delighted to be<br />
awarded the new five-year GNAAS contract and to be the company chosen to continue<br />
managing, crewing and maintaining the aircraft that the charity has purchased through us,<br />
delivering a complete turnkey solution for the customer.”<br />
YORKSHIRE: The UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said the Government is not<br />
able to change the rules to allow Yorkshire’s Air Ambulance the same duty relief on fuel that<br />
lifeboats currently enjoy.<br />
Local Member of Parliament Jason McCartney asked the Prime Minister to intervene after<br />
questioning why the air ambulance had to pay VAT on its fuel, but the RNLI did not.<br />
McCartney raised the issue in the House of Commons after taking part in a charity bike ride<br />
to collect funds for Yorkshire Air Ambulance.<br />
Like many rules in a modern Europe the national government EU rulemaking takes precedence<br />
and although an EU VAT Directive makes an exemption for lifeboats there is no<br />
equivalent provision for supplies used by other charities.<br />
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